Perimenopause

Gillian Anderson just looked directly into a camera and told everyone who thinks women over 50 should quietly disappear to, and I am paraphrasing only slightly, go ahead and f*** off.

The beautiful thing about experience, is that it teaches you where your attention is worth spending, and how to protect it moving forward. It forces you to recalibrate your boundaries and design a life that you love living.

When most women enter perimenopause, the conversation quickly narrows around hormones. Cycles shift, sleep becomes lighter, weight redistributes, moods feel unfamiliar, and the immediate focus turns to estrogen, progesterone, and whether hormone therapy is appropriate. What receives far less attention is that perimenopause is also a cardiovascular transition: and our heart health may hold the key to a smoother transition.

Seed cycling is an increasingly popular practice to support the natural fluctuation of women’s hormones throughout their cycle, particularly estrogen and progesterone. It is especially helpful for those going through hormonal transitions, such as coming off of the birth control pill, those with PCOS or endometriosis, or women in perimenopause. 

Fibroids are an extremely common thing for women over 30, and they are one of the leading causes of infertility, as well as one of the leading reasons for hysterectomy.

More than a third of the 39 million+ working women over 40 in the U.S. have perimenopause and menopause symptoms that impact their work.

Perimenopause–the 7-10 year rollercoaster before menopause– affects our bodies, minds, and spirits. Many perimenopause symptoms are similar to those assumed to only hit women in menopause. While menopause refers to one day in a woman’s life–perimenopause, the years leading up to it, is a hormonal adventure with symptoms ranging from electric shocks to frozen shoulder and hair loss.